From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 18 17:51:30 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AD3D16A41B for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:51:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DF4213C45B for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:51:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so190950rvb for ; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:51:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BDnEOnAjB/NfbNQFbv/ioyzAK8eJqELkFaVoOkgv7VQ=; b=SC6wPg4dV8BXB7c5CKgD+MJa0pyhLrLXGGvytJ4r/hWZ/ED/f5zwIY4keJay4qMtNRkhWuZHPkZ7DVivhITKslubWgb0RgvJT89QIklrv1AvGA89mwSAfO2GWWodPJXxd7MzD4fqryjpaBVgbSpaR1+w7eBpB6FGqU+GXTbomAg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=KuPnvBF7exPlp46Y0M1nMZZheR3V8KCeAjk3xb69mr9nHeUfoeVUbDfWURGHY4sCB5+KwDhSwhuPJvd1e04tDJNJqcst3EFCvR2J89osbNyhcc5WisUrd4HSBzJMd3GNhMTMAQiJbSo5t7e4n6u/tpQybXWGoKnofsmT8rn+FoI= Received: by 10.141.83.15 with SMTP id k15mr452404rvl.1192729889916; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:51:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.2.2? ( [67.85.89.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q26sm1902771ele.2007.10.18.10.51.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:51:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47176453.6000503@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:49:07 +0000 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071016) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" References: <20071018133421.B92952@prime.gushi.org> <47176229.50904@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Two questions about UNIX(r) certification. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:51:30 -0000 Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: > On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > >> Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: >>> I recently noticed that Apple's new OS, Leopard, is Unix certified. >> >> "UNIX Certified" what the #@$#$@ does that mean as far I know no one is >> in a position to make such a statement except maybe the current owner of >> the Unix trademark (sco if I am not mistaken) > >> From here: > > http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#unix > > Mac OS X is now a fully certified UNIX operating system, conforming to > both the Single UNIX Specification (SUSv3) and POSIX 1003.1. Deploy > Leopard in environments that demand full UNIX conformance and enjoy > expanded support for open standards popular in the UNIX community such > as the OASIS Open Document Format (ODF) or ECMAs Office XML. This is complete and total fluff unless they say who certified it. And no one has legit claim to be able to do that.